NACS' Maryland Neuroimaging Center (MNC)

Made possible by a $2 million award from the NSF, the MNC will house a new fMRI scanner and the University's existing MEG, a combination that exists at only a couple of locations in the country. The center opens in Summer 2011.

Q: What is a "home department?"A: Because the NACS program is an interdisciplinary program and not a department, it does not have a centrally located set of physical facilities for its students to use. Instead each student works in a home department and makes use of the facilities in that department. Research and teaching assistantships are usually paid through the home department.

Q: How is a student's home department determined?A: A student's home department is the department in which his or her mentor holds an appointment. In the case of faculty with joint appointments in more than one department, the home department is decided by mutual agreement of the student, mentor, and the involved departments.

Q: Does NACS have a master's program?A: NACS students can earn a Master's degree in route to the Ph.D.

Q: What is the difference between the NACS 898 and 899 courses?A: NACS 898 is the dissertation course for students who have not yet advanced to candidacy. NACS 899 is the dissertation course taken after the student advances to candidacy. Each Fall and Spring semester after a student has advanced to candidacy, the registrar will automatically register the student for six credits of NACS 899.

Graduate Program

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